[syn: plop, plunk]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plunk \Plunk\, v. t. [Imitative.] [Chiefly Colloq.]
1. To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as,
to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. To be a truant from (school). [Scot.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plunk \Plunk\, v. i. [Chiefly Colloq.]
1. To make a quick, hollow, metallic, or harsh sound, as by
pulling hard on a taut string and quickly releasing it; of
a raven, to croak.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily; to plump.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. To play truant, or "hooky". [Scot.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plunk \Plunk\, n.
1. Act or sound of plunking. [Colloq.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. [Slang]
(a) A large sum of money. [Obs.]
(b) A dollar. [U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plunk
adv 1: with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the
corner of the green" [syn: plop, plunk]
n 1: a hollow twanging sound
2: (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly [syn:
plunk, plunker]
v 1: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves
striking the ground [syn: clop, clump, clunk,
plunk]
2: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise;
"He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into
the sofa" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk,
plump down, plunk down, plump]
3: drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" [syn: dive,
plunge, plunk]
4: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked
the strings of his mandolin" [syn: pluck, plunk, pick]